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The question that started it提问的起点
A smog day, and “Why is the sky gray sometimes?” Problem-seeing, then a piece of technology that actually reached his family.一个雾霾天，和那句“为什么天空有时候是灰色的？”。先看见问题，再让技术真正落到家人身上。
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Writing申请素材
Notes for a later application. Not a submitted essay, and not a place where missing scores get filled in.给以后申请用的笔记。不是已经提交的文书，也不是把缺失的分数补上去的地方。
Working notes for a future application. This is not a submitted essay, and it is not a list of claims beyond the record. The personal statement on the Common App is 650 words. The useful story is not “what I won.” It is how he asks a question, and how he rebuilds a method after something fails.给未来申请季用的工作笔记。这不是一篇已经提交的文书，也不会超出档案去加码。Common App 主文书是 650 字。有用的故事不是“我赢得了什么”，而是他怎样提问，以及一件事失败之后，他怎样重建方法。
| ## | Activity活动 | Organization组织 | When时间 | Role角色 | Description描述 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USAPhO SemifinalistUSAPhO 半决赛 | AAPT U.S. Physics TeamAAPT U.S. Physics Team | 2025–20262025–2026 | Contestant参赛者 | Sat the 4-hour closed-book semifinal on April 10, after qualifying from the national F=ma contest. About 400 students were invited.4 月 10 日参加 4 小时闭卷半决赛。此前从全国 F=ma 晋级，约 400 人受邀。 |
| 2 | USA-NA-AIO Round 2USA-NA-AIO 第二轮 | USA-NA-AIOUSA-NA-AIO | 2026-042026-04 | Contestant参赛者 | Traveled to Boston and Cambridge for the on-site round at MIT and Harvard: three faculty talks and two contest blocks.前往波士顿与剑桥，在 MIT 和哈佛完成现场赛程，包括三场教授讲座和两段竞赛。 |
| 3 | AP Chinese Language and CultureAP 中文语言与文化 | College BoardCollege Board | 20262026 | Candidate应考 | Sat the exam on May 8 at Los Altos High School. The July report was 5/5.5 月 8 日在 Los Altos High School 应考。7 月成绩为 5/5。 |
| 4 | Robot club, programming lead机器人社团编程组组长 | Sierra Vista Middle SchoolSierra Vista Middle School | 2023–20252023–2025 | Lead组长 | Obstacle avoidance, arm control, and path planning. The team placed second in the regional maze challenge.负责避障算法、机械臂控制与路径规划。团队在区域赛迷宫挑战中获得第二名。 |
| 5 | Air-quality forecasting system空气质量预测系统 | Personal project个人项目 | 20202020 | Independent独立开发 | Python read public air-quality data, estimated the next day’s PM2.5, and sent an email alert.用 Python 读取公开空气质量数据，估计次日 PM2.5，并发送邮件提醒。 |
| 6 | Website maintenance网站维护 | New Hope World Alliance FoundationNew Hope World Alliance Foundation | 2025-102025-10 | Volunteer志愿者 | Four hours updating the site, in support of education, nutrition, medical care, and clean-water work for children in Africa.4 小时网站维护与内容更新，支持面向非洲儿童的教育、营养、医疗与清洁水源项目。 |
| 7 | Piano — CM Level 8钢琴 — CM Level 8 | Certificate of MeritCertificate of Merit | 2024–20262024–2026 | Pianist演奏者 | Passed CM Level 8. After CM Level 10 was not passed, he reviewed how he had managed the time and kept going.通过 CM Level 8。CM Level 10 未通过之后，复盘了时间管理并继续考下去。 |
| 8 | AI and mental health人工智能与心理健康 | Self-directed个人研究 | 2025 – present2025 至今 | Independent独立研究者 | Teaching himself NLP and sentiment analysis, toward a privacy-preserving, non-intrusive check-in for teenagers. Early stage.自学自然语言处理与情感分析，探索隐私保护的、非侵入式的青少年情绪监测。早期阶段。 |
| 9 | Sustainable technology可持续技术 | Self-directed个人研究 | 2025 – present2025 至今 | Independent独立研究者 | A personal carbon tracker, and study of energy-optimization and lower-cost algorithms.个人碳排放追踪，以及能源优化算法与更可持续的算法设计。 |
Three arcs for the personal statement主文书的三个故事弧
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Rebuilding a method after a failure失败之后重建方法
CM Level 10, and the time-management lesson: plan earlier, spread the pressure, keep the daily practice. The same night became the FFT project.CM Level 10，以及时间管理上的教训：提前规划，分散压力，持续练习。当天晚上，这件事变成了 FFT 项目。
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Two kinds of thinking, in the same person两种思维撞在同一个人身上
Physics derives from first principles. A lot of AI work iterates and tries. He thinks the real innovation is the combination.物理从第一性原理推导。很多人工智能工作靠迭代和试错。他认为真正的创新是两者合在一起。
What I have actually been doing, for as long as I can remember, is asking why, and then finding a way.我从小到大真正在做的一件事，是追问为什么，然后想办法。
The direction he wants to keep walking is AI for Science, sustainable technology, and education technology — technology that enhances people rather than replacing them.他选择继续走的方向，是 AI for Science、可持续技术与教育科技——让技术增强人类，而不是取代人类。
UC insight questionsUC 个人洞察问题
UC Personal Insight Questions: choose 4 prompts, 350 words each. The lines above are directions, not drafts.UC Personal Insight Questions：选 4 题，每题 350 字。上面是方向，不是已经写好的答案。
An experience that changed how you see the world一次改变你看待世界的经历
The smog, and the air-quality system.雾霾，和空气质量系统。
A challenge or a failure, and what you did with it一次挑战或失败，以及你如何应对
CM Level 10.CM Level 10。
Something you want to change你想改变的一件事
A tool for teenage mental health, and sustainable technology.青少年心理健康工具，以及可持续技术。
A word or an idea that defines you一个定义你的词或理念
“Enhance, not replace.” Solve the real problem with the most fitting technology.“增强，而不是取代。”用最合适的技术解决真实问题。